A Matter of Life

Distributor	Released	Vendor ID
Bizarre Productions	?	F1011

Studio:

Bizarre Productions

Credit:

Pat Rocco

Length:

300'

Media:

Film; color

Performer	Action
Joe Adair

Promo:

The most wonderful happening in pat Rocco's films is the privilege the audience has of seeing an artist at work -- of seeing the first honest attempt to present the homosexual as he really is. Even Andy Warhol can't conjure up this trick!

A Matter of life is the timeless story of a homosexual stranded among the bronze stars on the sidewalks of Hollywood boulevard... looking for answers in the gutter and the sky. It's a hauntingly real drama that touches those parts of us that we would wish ho one to meddle with... but Pat Rocco touches with a hand we somehow trust...

Sam Winston, Film Critic of the Los Angeles Advocate.

A Matter of Life revolves around a day in the life of a hustler... and has a very sad ending. Mr. Rocco has succeeded in bringing something new to our screen. I am sure many of his films will become classics in the years to come...

The Los Angeles Magpie

Rocco's most ambitious film is A Matter of Life, which renders in philosophic terms the loneliness & degradation of a Hollywood male hustler... it is an interesting attempt (with almost no nudity except for a scene between the hustler and his trick in a motel room) to define a particular attitude of mind...

Richard Whitehall, Film Critic of the Los Angeles Open City.

Found in these collections:

Pat Rocco film shorts

References:

Pat Rocco Male Film Review: Bizarre Productions pg. 41

Catalog of Hollywood Models & Feature Films by Pat Rocco No. 24 1968: Bizarre Productions pg. 17

Catalog of Hollywood Models & Feature Films by Pat Rocco No. 24 1968: Bizarre Productions pg. 15

Park Theatre. Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 1968 (Advertisement)

Park Theatre, L.A.. Jul. 31, 1968 (Screening)

Catalog of Hollywood Models & Feature Films by Pat Rocco No. 26 1970: Bizarre Productions pg. 12

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